Erdogan’s Pyrrhic Victory: The Turkish Election and the Prospects for a Presidential System
Gareth H. Jenkins
The November 1 general election was a victory for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) rather than for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Although he is likely to try to use the AKP’s parliamentary majority to try to push ahead with his plans for an autocratic presidential system, the result showed that he has no popular mandate for one.
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